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Look into degree apprenticeships - I've had a few offers for them and I've just accepted one in London. Salary is TBC but they've told me I'll be close if not slightly over £30k in my first year there. My other offers were slightly less or bang on £20k. Happy to help if I can.

Don't bother paying for advice - plenty of forums will offer more valuable than they will. I'd recommend her getting in touch with a few recruitment companies who place into entry level roles relating to her economics degree and seeing what they have available. Any idea what she's currently...

Does anyone here have any first or secondhand experience of what it's like to work at Santander in Milton Keynes? I've been offered a position and am keen to hear anything good or bad. I've been on Glassdoor but I don't read too much into the reviews on there.

I'm a recruiter who covers education so not qualified to discuss content but the layout is clear and it's far easier to read than the majority I look at. I've got a mate who recruits into IT, could pass it to him to look at if you wanted?

That's exactly the sort of career path I'm looking to take. I'd like to think I've got a decent head, it's certainly better than it was before beginning work in recruitment. Glad to hear some real world examples that haven't come from a company trying to sell their apprenticeship! Do you feel...

Oh bloody hell, that's pretty crazy. I'd look to stick at it for a few years after the four year programme and then see if I enjoy the work/if it's worth it. Game development sounds like fun but I imagine not as financially rewarding as the financial sector, could be wrong as I've worked in neither!

I've heard about the crazy hours the IB lot are expected to work. I've got family who work in city law firms and they put in silly hours, not as silly as banking though. I'm happy to put a shift in but having some sort of balance is important to me. What sort of interaction did you have with...

Yeah that's the plan, I've had enough time to think about what interests me as previously I had no idea what I wanted a career in. Hopefully the course gives me a good base to push on from and in the future I could consider MSc once I'd been in the industry for a few years.

That's good to know, talking to recruiters who cover IT they're always saying how candidate lead the market is. I've got no problem with working late but it's nice to not have to do it daily. I'd probably look to complete the degree, get a couple more years of experience and then if the balance...

How are you finding it delta? The only real negative I've seen online is that it can be challenging to balance work and uni loads but I'd imagine that's just a case of time management and being disciplined.

That's reassuring to hear. I'd like to think I'm curious and competitive enough to go on and learn more than what's offered via the uni courses. Gambisk what's your work/life balance like working for a software company? Should I expect a typical 9-5/6 or is it similar to recruitments 8-7?

Thanks for picking up on that amigafan, missed that when responding. Most of the apprenticeships lead to a Bsc Digital and Technology Solutions.

Some are provided by BPP, Queen Mary's London, Exeter, Manchester Met. Those are the ones I can think of, there may be others but I'd say the majority are provided by BPP. The study/work balance is usually 2 days at university and 3 at the company. This may change to 1 and 4 after the first...

Thanks both for the responses. Malachi, I'll look into that. I'm fairly tight for time working 8-7pm currently but I'll try find some relevant resources even if I don't end up taking a formal exam. Gambisk, thanks for all that info. My understanding of the apprenticeships is that as well as...

I wanted to get some opinions hopefully from people with experience of working either within technology companies, IBs or professional service companies on the best route for someone interested in working within technology (software development/cyber security). Most of the companies I've applied...

I’ve just built my brother a system with a ryzen 1600 and 16gb 3000mhz team group Vulcan ram. I want to go for a 3.8ghz overclock and get the memory running at 3000mhz. It has defaulted to around 2400mhz according to CAM. Any advice about voltages or other settings I should change in the bios...

That's a good shout, that and a 16gb of ram might see him through the next year or two. Probably get £75 for the 2500k going by eBay prices.

It's currently overclocked to 4.4. to be honest it looks almost as smooth as my 7700k and 1070 using the same settings. Lows noticeably lower but it's rarely below 60fps for any length of time.

Thanks for all the replies. He'll solely use it for games. I wouldn't say the 2500k is struggling but it is a bottleneck and the pc is powered by a 7 year old OCZ PSU which potentially could be turn into a bonfire any day. The benchmarks I saw had the 8400 comfortably beating ryzen which I was...

Thanks for letting me know about ddu, worked perfectly. Now got a 1070 and 2500k combo - trying to work out which cpu to upgrade to now. Running nice and stable in pubg which is pretty much the only game he plays.